Yup. There was a puff piece in one of the papers saying how Cory Hart was going to get a chance to come out of his slump against this rare string of lefthanders and that he was "this close" to breaking out of it.

The fact that he's not should be the writing on the wall for Hart, hopefully that a release is imminent. It's pretty clear that Pedro is being sat down against the LHers.

The front office will not admit their mistake with Hart until after the all star break.

Yeah, a whopping million dollars is going to keep him around. As soon as Lambo is ready he's gone.

``We’ve got some holes we’re looking to fill. We don’t feel like we desperately have to do anything. We’re in a great spot to be in. If we can upgrade, outstanding. Upgrade at an appropriate acquisition cost, even better.’’

"We’ll be comfortable adding one (starter),” he said. “We’ll be comfortable adding nobody if it’s just not there. We don’t feel we are driven to force it. If we can add one that makes sense for us, that’s great. If we can add two that make sense … then we do that.”
Opie Taylor. In a decisive moment.

"The business of baseball is to make money, not break even. I don't understand why you think the Pirates should run their team like a charity." - Willlton 6/18/2009

"The Bay trade doesn't look like it (a slam dunk winner), but if you take into account the fact that all they lost was eight months of Jason Bay's services, as well as the fact that even the Red Sox look like they won't be able to re-sign him, it's not nearly the loser many people seem to think." - tWTM 11/26/2009

"Morton is finding himself, now while this may sound weird and out there, but the fact he put on a solo concert at Piratefest shows he finally has the confidence that he lacked within himself that he didn't have in the lower minors." - aso513 2/8/2010

Yup. There was a puff piece in one of the papers saying how Cory Hart was going to get a chance to come out of his slump against this rare string of lefthanders and that he was "this close" to breaking out of it.

The fact that he's not should be the writing on the wall for Hart, hopefully that a release is imminent. It's pretty clear that Pedro is being sat down against the LHers.

Brandon Inge played his hast game on July 21 in 2013 and was officially released 10 days later. Seems like they try to get at least a half season for the sunk costs that they pay to these washed up players.

"We’ll be comfortable adding one (starter),” he said. “We’ll be comfortable adding nobody if it’s just not there. We don’t feel we are driven to force it. If we can add one that makes sense for us, that’s great. If we can add two that make sense … then we do that.”
Opie Taylor. In a decisive moment.